Do spam filters really work?

You might think that your spam filter works well and couldn’t be improved. Are you sure? You may think that the risk of losing important mail outweighs the benefit of using a filter. Could you convince someone who holds the other opinion? If I told you that my filter was 99-percent accurate, would you believe me? Would you know what I meant? Would you be able to translate that 99-percent into the risk of losing an important message?

If you are interested in learning more about the findings, you can download a variety of video formats on the site. They weigh in at around 500MB… aka the same amount of spam I’ve received in the past week.